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Diabetology and Internal Medicine
Diabetology specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diabetes and its related metabolic disorders. In order to improve long-term outcomes and quality of life for patients, we provide education, lifestyle modification, and individualized treatment plans.
At RPS Hospitals, we combine skilled transplant surgeons, modern facilities, and a personalized approach to ensure patient safety and positive long-term outcomes. Our multidisciplinary team includes specialists from cardiology, pulmonology, infectious diseases, and intensive care, ensuring a thorough evaluation and support system pre- and post-transplant. From deceased-donor and living-donor transplants to preemptive kidney transplants, our expert team guides patients through each option with individualized care and a focus on the best possible results.
Diabetology
The diabetologist’s tasks include diagnosing and treating all types of diabetes. They also treat diseases that are closely related to diabetes, such as Disturbances affecting lipid metabolism, Severe obesity and High blood pressure.
A diabetologist also carries out preventive examinations with a view to the secondary diseases of diabetes. The diabetologist coordinates diabetic educators, nurses, podiatrists, ophthalmologists and renal physicians to educate, treat and monitor a patient. Treatment usually involves medications either orally or insulin injections
Our transplant team uses the latest medical advances to ensure a safe, effective transplant experience. Our holistic approach and dedication to patient well-being set RPS Hospitals apart as a premier choice for a kidney transplant hospital in Chennai.
Internal Medicine
Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness. They diagnose severe diseases that occur in the various organs of the body, Patients are then treated by doctors specializing in diabetes from thebest diabetes hospital in chennai.
The specialty of internal medicine covers a wide range of conditions affecting the internal organs of the body – the heart, the lungs, the liver and gastro-intestinal tract, the kidneys and urinary tract, the brain, spinal column, nerves, muscles and joints. Although some diseases specifically affect individual organs, the majority of common diseases – arteriosclerosis, diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer may affect many internal organs of the body. The internist are trained to recognise and manage a broad range of diseases and, with the aging population, many patients with chronic and multiple disorders.
Services Provided
Our Diabetes Care program provides personalized, evidence-based management for all types of diabetes across outpatient, inpatient, and preventive settings. Care is delivered by experienced clinicians and educators, focusing on safe treatment, patient education, and long-term complication prevention.
- Diagnosis and classification of diabetes (Type 1, Type 2, gestational, and secondary diabetes)
- Routine follow-up and monitoring of blood glucose, HbA1c, and complications
- Personalized treatment plans including oral agents and insulin therapy
- Education on self-monitoring and glycemic control
- Purpose: Examines the entire colon and rectum.
- Management of diabetes in hospitalized patients
- Control of hyperglycemia in acute illness or surgical settings
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) treatment
- Coordination with other departments for co-morbidity management
- Individual and group counseling sessions
- Weight loss, diet, and exercise programs that lead to a healthier lifestyle
- Insulin administration techniques and glucose monitoring training
- Sick day management and medication adherence counseling
- Screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes
- Nutritional and medical management during pregnancy
- Monitoring for maternal and fetal well-being
- Postpartum follow-up and diabetes risk reduction
- Regular screening for microvascular complications:
- Retinopathy (eye exams)
- Nephropathy (urine tests, kidney function)
- Neuropathy (foot exams, sensation tests)
- Cardiovascular risk assessment (blood pressure, lipids, ECG)
- Referrals to ophthalmology, nephrology, podiatry, and cardiology
- Initiation and titration of insulin
- Use of insulin pens and pumps
- Management of hypoglycemia and insulin resistance
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and interpretation (where available)
- Nutrition therapy with certified dietitians
- Exercise programs tailored to diabetic patients
- Smoking cessation and stress management
- Prevention of diabetes in high-risk individuals (prediabetes, metabolic syndrome)
- On-site laboratory for blood glucose, HbA1c, lipid profile, and kidney function
- Point-of-care glucose testing and urinalysis
- Access to ECG, retinal imaging, and Doppler studies for vascular assessment
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